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Presentation

Land use transformation; can science de-risk barriers to land use change?

NZ Society of Soil Science Conference, December 2018, Napier
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Guidance

Kāinga: People, Land, Belonging

Through his own experience and the stories of his tūpuna, Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui) charts the impact of colonisation on his people. Alienation from…
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Interactive Tool

Pā to Plate

Pā to Plate is a web platform that connects hua (produce and resources) from ancestral lands with Māori who descend from those lands. Producers, growers…
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Journal Article

Demonstrating efficacy of on-land management actions to improve water quality: How can we quantify what actions have been done?

We reviewed 91 global publications and proceedings between 1989 and 2019 which assessed the complexities related to recording and reporting sustainable land use actions with…
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Guidance

Excluding stock from smaller streams

This factsheet is for farmers, industry bodies and regional authorities developing regional freshwater policy. Most of the contaminant load in waterways across New Zealand originates…
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Potential Groundwater Recharge Zones in New Zealand – image

Map of the potential groundwater recharge zones across New Zealand (500m x 500m resolution), which can be used to identify areas of high nutrient leaching…
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Guidance

Tools for Making Land Use Change Decisions (learning module)

Work through the activities in this kōwae (course) to learn how to help farm businesses to make decisions about land use diversification. You will learn:…
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Journal Article

Measuring rural community resilience: Case studies in NZ and Vermont, USA

Methods for assessing community resilience have focused predominantly on disaster recovery. There is a need for quantitative measurement tools for assessing community resilience to slow-moving…
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Guidance

Impacts of sediment on īnanga

This is one of a collection of 11 fact sheets bringing together existing scientific information on the impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine fish…
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